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Discovery of aggressive cancer cell types made possible with machine learning techniques
Jun. 27, 2020—by Marissa Shapiro Jun. 24, 2020, 11:57 AM By applying unsupervised and automated machine learning techniques to the analysis of millions of cancer cells,Rebecca Ihrie and Jonathan Irish, both associate professors of cell and developmental biology, have identified new cancer cell types in brain tumors. Machine learning is a series of computer algorithms that can...
Ken Lau named 2020 Chancellor Faculty Fellow
Jun. 24, 2020—By Dana Meeks Ten outstanding faculty members from across the university have been selected for the 2020 cohort of Chancellor Faculty Fellows. This group is composed of highly accomplished, recently tenured faculty from a wide variety of disciplines and areas of expertise. “Investing in this remarkable group of faculty demonstrates our long-term commitment as a university...
Welcome New IGP Graduate Students!
Jun. 3, 2020—Please help us welcome the following new IGP Graduate Students: Deronisha Arceneaux – Lau Lab Tierney Baum- Vivian Gama Deanna Bowman-Jim Goldenring Ela Contreras Panta – Jim Goldenring Sarah Glass – Bob Coffey Kyle Riedmann- Julie Bastarache Nabil Saleh – Ken Lau Aubrie Stricker – Andrea Page-McCaw Lab
Jonathan Irish joins international effort to optimize COVID-19 treatment
Jun. 1, 2020—by Marissa Shapiro May. 29, 2020, 12:00 PM A complex artificial intelligence-powered analysis is being deployed by Jonathan Irish, associate professor of cell and developmental biology and scientific director of the Cancer & Immunology Core, in the race to understand the inner-workings of COVID-19. The tool parses through vast quantities of data to identify extremely...
Kris Burkewitz Faculty Profile
May. 23, 2020—The research of Kris Burkewitz, Assistant Professor of Cell and Development Biology, is highlighted in this Basic Sciences faculty profile.
April Weissmiller Earns Rally Foundation Award
May. 7, 2020—We are pleased to announce that April Weissmiller, Research Assistant Professor, Tansey Lab, was awarded a Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research Young Investigator Award for the 2020/2021 fiscal year. for Childhood Cancer Research Young Investigator Award for the 2020/2021 fiscal year.
New Dean’s Faculty Fellows program recognizes Marija Zanic
Apr. 30, 2020—The School of Medicine Basic Sciences has established a new Dean’s Faculty Fellows program designed to recognize the efforts of faculty in the early stages of their career. The award targets assistant professors who have shown a strong track record of scientific accomplishment and are likely to continue producing high-quality science in their respective fields....
Alissa Weaver leads team to study extracellular RNA in colorectal cancer
Apr. 30, 2020—by Leigh MacMillan A multidisciplinary team of investigators at Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center has received a program project grant from the National Cancer Institute to explore extracellular RNA in colorectal cancer. The five-year, $9 million award will support multiple projects that aim to define fundamental biological principles about extracellular RNA signaling and...
Bill Tansey receives Exton Award for Research Leading to Innovative Biological Concepts
Apr. 30, 2020—Recipient of the JOHN H. EXTON AWARD for Research Leading to Innovative Biological Concepts: William Tansey, PhD, Ingram Professor of Cancer Research and professor of Cell & Developmental Biology and Biochemistry Tansey is being honored for innovative methodological advances and impactful discoveries that have advanced understanding of MYC, a family of proteins overexpressed in cancer....